prelatical

adj — 2 senses

adj

UK /pɹɪˈlatɪk(ə)l/

Etymology From prelate + -ical.

Pertaining to a prelate; prelatial.

Derogatory Adhering to prelates; episcopal.

And though I knew that England then was groaning loudest under the Prelaticall yoak, neverthelesse I took it as a pledge of future happines, that other Nations were so perswaded of her liberty.1644, John Milton, Areopagitica:

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